Cisco ONS 15454 Series Procedure Manual page 710

DLP-A384 Add a Member to a VCAT Circuit
Adding a member to a non-LCAS VCAT circuit can be service affecting.
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Adding a member to SW-LCAS or LCAS VCAT circuits in the IS-NR; OOS-AU,AINS; or OOS-MA,MT
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service state could be service affecting. Cisco recommends using the OOS-MA,OOG service state when
adding new members. You can put the member in the desired state after adding the member.
You cannot add members to VCAT circuits that have a source or destination on an ML-Series or
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FC_MR-4 (line rate mode) card.
In node or network view, click the Circuits tab.
Step 1
Click the VCAT circuit that you want to edit, then click Edit.
Step 2
Step 3 Click the Members tab.
Step 4 If you want to add a member to a non-LCAS VCAT circuit, complete the following substeps. If you want
to add a member to a SW-LCAS or LCAS VCAT circuit, skip this step and continue with
a. Select a member with a VCAT State of In Group. The In Group state indicates that a member has
cross-connects in the IS-NR; OOS-MA,AINS; or OOS-MA,MT service states.
b. Click Edit Member.
c. In the Edit Member Circuit window, click the State tab.
View the cross-connect service state in the CRS Service State column. You will need this
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information when choosing the new member state.
Cross-connects of all In Group non-LCAS members must be in the same service state. If all existing
members are in the Out of Group VCAT state, which for non-LCAS members is the
OOS-MA,DSBLD service state, you can choose any service state for the new member.
e. From the File menu, choose Close to return to the Edit Circuit window.
Click Add Member. The Add Member button is enabled if the VCAT circuit has sufficient bandwidth
Step 5
for an added member.
Step 6 Define the number of members and member attributes:
Number of members to add—Choose the number of members to add from the drop-down list. If the
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drop-down list does not show a number, the VCAT circuit has the maximum number of members
allowed. The number of members allowed depends on the source and destination card and the
existing size of the circuit. For more information on the number of members allowed for a card, refer
to the "Circuits and Tunnels" chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual.
New Circuit Size—(Display only.) Automatically updates based on the number of added members.
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Create cross-connects only (TL1-like)—Check this box if you want to create one or more
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cross-connects to complete a signal path for TL1-generated circuits. If this box is checked, you
cannot assign a name to the circuit.
State—To add a non-LCAS member to a VCAT with In Group members, choose the state you
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viewed in
any of the following states. To add SW-LCAS or LCAS members, Cisco recommends the OOS,OOG
state.
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Step 4. To add a non-LCAS member to a VCAT with only Out of Group members, choose
IS—Puts the member cross-connects in the IS-NR service state.
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